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B4429 crash in Rugby on 25 June 1997 at 08:35 involving a Volkswagen Beetle

A Volkswagen Beetle, a Ford Escort and an Audi 80 were involved in a crash on the B4429 in Rugby at 08:35 on Wednesday 25 June 1997. The 31-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Beetle and the 30-year-old female driver of the Ford Escort were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
25 Jun 1997
Wednesday, 08:35
Vehicles
3
Volkswagen Beetle and 2 others
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.35515, longitude -1.24204, in the CV22 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rugby.

Map of where the crash happened in Rugby

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997239701078
Council area
Rugby
Police force
Warwickshire
Highway authority
Warwickshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4429
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 5 January 1995.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Beetle

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,584 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,392 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 3: Audi 80

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    70 years
    Engine capacity
    1,781 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Beetle)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 1997239701078 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Rugby road accident statistics for 1997.